A Quote by David Foster Wallace

It's like a fugue of evaded responsibility.

David Foster Wallace

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Fugue Like Responsibility

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David Foster Wallace
American - Writer
February 21, 1962 - December 12, 2008

The final, unfinished fugue from The Art of Fugue is the greatest piece of music ever composed.

Glenn Gould

I am going to create a new special deportation task force focused on identifying and quickly removing the most dangerous criminal illegal immigrants in America who have evaded justice just like Hillary Clinton has evaded justice.

Donald Trump

A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.

Earl Warren

But music doesn't sum up my approach to literature - even in Vain Art of the Fugue. To 'fugue' I had to invent 'trap-words,' or words that would force the narrator to turn around and start his path anew.

Dumitru Tepeneag

The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time.

Michael Tippett

The bee himself did not evade the schoolboy more than she evaded me, and even at this day I still stand somewhat bewildered, like the boy.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

There is a Party of fiscal responsibility... economic responsibility... social responsibility... civic responsibility... personal responsibility... and moral responsibility. That party is the Democratic Party.

Howard Dean

I know that it is a huge responsibility to be the captain, the No. 10, but I like it. I like the responsibility, the pressure, and I like playing football.

Neymar

I don't want a girlfriend because that means I've got a responsibility. I have a responsibility to call you. I have a responsibility not to be with another woman. I have a responsibility to be there on time when you need me.

Lamar Odom

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

Benjamin Disraeli

Some problems are better evaded than solved.

Tony Hoare

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

Helen Hayes

Hacking was the only entertainment that would occupy my mind - like a huge video game, but with real consequences. I could have evaded the FBI a lot longer if I had been able to control my passion for hacking.